15 high street stores we have loved and lost

BHS has become the latest store to disappear from the British high street, following a long line of retailers who have shut up shop in Birmingham and beyond.
While the iconic staple of your weekend shopping trip will live on as an online retailer, the closure of British Home Stores serves as a reminder of the legendary shops our high street has lost in the past few decades.
Your trip to town once upon a time may have involved you withdrawing some money from Midland Bank, after queuing of course, before a trip to get your pick'n'mix from Woolworths, or a VHS tape from Blockbuster.
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